DIE SUPER!!! - G'morning, 2009!

[Taishyr]

Sounds like the perfect time to pull out Ol' Bessie.

[Lady Door]

So... Rio has better crime statistics than Chicago? That's interesting.

2016 is about how long it'll take me to save up enough money to go to an Olympics. That stuff is pricey. <_<

But then, Christ the Redeemer is a great spot to introduce base jumping as an Olympic sport. I'd definitely pay to see that.

[Hunter Sopko]

Screw that, LD. Start training so you can participate in the introduction of base jumping as an Olympic sport.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Sounds like the perfect time to take a vacation.

In Rio? The violence statistics are a bit high for my tastes and tropical beach regions are my bonafide definition of venus flytrap vacation places.

So... Rio has better crime statistics than Chicago? That's interesting.

That's what I want to know. Although Rio hasn't been in the news for criminal madness for a while. Maybe the drug traffic wars cooled down.

2016 is about how long it'll take me to save up enough money to go to an Olympics. That stuff is pricey. <_<

But then, Christ the Redeemer is a great spot to introduce base jumping as an Olympic sport. I'd definitely pay to see that.

Hell, I definitely would pay money to see that.

Sounds like the perfect time to pull out Ol' Bessie.

In Rio, that might get Ol' Bessie pulled out on you. I'm just sorta baffled that the Olympics are being held in Brazil at all given how it was supposed to be about the worst candidate up for the race. Oh well, I'll be a few hundred miles away from the hubbub. PsySlaver might be a bit less than pleased about that, though.

[Hunter Sopko]

In Rio, that might get Ol' Bessie pulled out on you. I'm just sorta baffled that the Olympics are being held in Brazil at all given how it was supposed to be about the worst candidate up for the race. Oh well, I'll be a few hundred miles away from the hubbub. PsySlaver might be a bit less than pleased about that, though.

I'm not really surprised. The US just had them in Atlanta, Spain had them a decade or so ago in Barcelona and Japan had a Winter Olympics in Nagano recently-ish.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Welp, they have roughly six years to clean the city up to Olympic Games standards. Let's see how they fare.

[Grefter]

* Jo'ou Ranbu reads news.

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hay guyz brazil will house the 2016 olympics. Fuck me.

You are aware that is -exactly- what happens at the Olympics right?  Apparently when you get people all hyped up in an exotic location full of high pressure crazy times all they do is fuck constantly.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

* Jo'ou Ranbu reads news.

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hay guyz brazil will house the 2016 olympics. Fuck me.

You are aware that is -exactly- what happens at the Olympics right?  Apparently when you get people all hyped up in an exotic location full of high pressure crazy times all they do is fuck constantly.

You need an exotic location for that?

[Taishyr]

No, just need contents under pressure.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

No, just need contents under pressure.

Back to the proverbial discussion opener, then.

[metroid composite]

Goddamn I'm starting to hate pushy heterosexual men.

Now, this is not the first time I've had problems with a male at a bus stop recently.  The last time ended up going inappropriate places and ended with me listening to a drunkard scream homophobic remarks for 10 minutes before the bus showed up.  I learned a few things from that; learned to simply not allow a conversation to go anywhere in that direction with a straonger.  So anyway tonight this black guy starts chatting to me at a bus stop.  We're talking about the weather.  (In particular how it was 8pm and it felt like 9pm).  The goddamn weather.  There was absolutely nothing about the conversation that should have led to problems.

I'm feeling a bit weirded out by his presence anyway, though, so when the bus comes I quickly squeeze on the back door and start shuffling through the crowd to get further back.  I glance behind me and he's right on my ass, so I start pushing my way through the crowd some more.  Then the bus lurches, I wasn't grabbing onto anything so my balance is a bit unsteady, and I feel his arm grab me around the waist--I don't know what he thought he was doing, maybe he thought he was helping me balance, but I was freaking out, so I really started pushing through the crowd now.  He chases after me, yelling very loudly "scuse me, coming through".  I spot one empty seat on the back of the bus that's blocked off by several backpacks and what looks like a guide dog.  I ask if I can sit there, they shift the backpacks to let me in, I slip in, and they close the backpack wall.  He asks "can I get through too" and gets told "there's no more seats!"  this stops him and he stands there staring at me, I pull out my DS, put my headphones in, and start playing.  One bus stop later, he gets off the bus.

Goddamn, I think I need to add weather to the list of "do not allow strange men to bring this up as a conversation topic."  Which...realistically means I need to add damn near everything to that list, and basically just give strange men the finger if they try and start a conversation with me.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

You also probably need mace, lady. I honestly can't see talking to strangers as a good idea to begin with, but me and my ant-like comprehension of people speaking here.

EDIT: Chat also suggested a taser. Regardless, taking a few defensive measures may be in order for you if this has been a long-running problem for you.

[Ultradude]

If you have time + money, some places offer actual good courses about such things. Preferably courses that encourage mace (or maces).

[Yoshiken]

Honestly, I find it's best to just kill conversation ASAP with strangers unless you have some particular reason that you think you should get on with them (friends of friends, people in games stores, etc.) One-word answers and constantly having headphones in, even if the music's off, work surprisingly well at forcing people to stop talking to you.
But yeah, otherwise just repeating what the others have said. If this is a recurring problem, you should really look into getting hold of something to deal with people like that. ;s

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

More of that Saturday morning munching.

* Jo'ou Ranbu gnaws on the next poster.

[Dunefar]

That's a good way to get a random disease, y'know.

[Sierra]

Honestly, I find it's best to just kill conversation ASAP with strangers unless you have some particular reason that you think you should get on with them (friends of friends, people in games stores, etc.)

This. Ignore strange men on the street, for the most part they are probably just skeezy and trying to hit on you.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

That's a good way to get a random disease, y'know.

I've had my rabies shots.

[superaielman]

More of that Saturday morning munching.

* Jo'ou Ranbu gnaws on the next poster.

Now with bonus studying the cadaver at lab for my midterm. Yay.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

More of that Saturday morning munching.

* Jo'ou Ranbu gnaws on the next poster.

Now with bonus studying the cadaver at lab for my midterm. Yay.

You're killing Dune and using his dead body as a study subject?

Ironically, this is one of those rare relatively busy Saturdays for me.

[superaielman]

Cadaver for the lab midterm. Not Dune, much as the idea of shooting him repeatedly then donating his body to science tempts me.

[Luther Lansfeld]

I have to grade tests for five hours today. And then go play DnD. I live such an exciting life.

[Veryslightlymad]

What are we all, six? The majority of people you will meet, even if they're strangers, will either ignore you or actively try to be pleasant. "Not talking to strangers" is a recipe for living your life as an isolated, unhappy shell.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

What are we all, six? The majority of people you will meet, even if they're strangers, will either ignore you or actively try to be pleasant. "Not talking to strangers" is a recipe for living your life as an isolated, unhappy shell.

There's a world of difference between talking to strangers you meet in places designated for people to meet and interact one way or another, being held more tightly by social rules, and talking to strangers in the middle of the street or buses, where you're almost inevitably drowned in a sea of anonimity and relative impunity. And met has been through this kind of trouble a few times already due to talking to strangers in those situations - there's a clear way to help with that, given it's a vulnerable situation for her.

[Sierra]

C'mon, VSM. Ignoring everyone around you is de rigeur for city life anywhere. Obviously we're not suggesting it's a good idea to shun people you actually have a good reason to interact with (like shared interests or something).